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SAMUEL S. BENT, 'OF PORTGHESTE'R, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 79,437, dated June 30, 1868.

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i B it known that I, SAMUEL S.`BENT,ot` Portchester, in the county of`Westchester, and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use, a certain new and useful `Apparatus for Preventing Horses and Mules Biting, Cribbing, or Sucking Mangers or FeedingTroughsg and I 'do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to Athe annexed drawing, making part of this specication, wherein- Figure 1 is a plan of a corner manger, fitted with my improvement, and Figure 2 is a section at lthe line :cz of the roll, placed upon the' edge ofthe mangerto prevent cribbing, and Figure 3 is a perspective view of a corner manger fitted with my improvement.

Similar Aletters denote the same parts. f` p l A I Many valuable horses acquire the habit of biting, sucking, or cribbing the edge of the mangerjor feeding' trough, and also the surrounding wood-work, and this habit is not cured by'covering .the wood with sheet metal, or forming the manger of cast iron, for some horses will seize the parts with the mouth and suck and bite at the` same, greatly to their injury, as the habit of biting while in harness is sometimes contracted thereby.

.The nature of my said invention consists in a metallic roll or edge to the manger or feeding-trough, formed in such a manner as to be disagreeable to the horses mouth, and thereby either cure the animal of the habit of biting or'cribbng, or prevent or 'lessen that habit. I

In the drawing, I have shown a corner manger, a, with a circular edge, but my improvement might be applied to the stra-ight orY curved edge of the manger, feeding-trough, or other part.

Y bis the metallic roll, that sets over` the edge ofthe part to be protected; this is formed of cast iron, and is to bel hollow, nml secured to the parts by the bolts c, or similar means.

This roll may be cylindrical, as shown, or partially prismatic in its surface, and it extends around the edge of the manger or article 'to be protected, in such a manner that there is no edge or angle, as shown, against which the horse can set his teeth. This rolled edge cannot be grasped in a horses mouth,andvheld on to'in consequence of both its-shape and size, say about three inches in diameter.

As an additional precaution, I make use of narrow-edged ribs d, running around or partially' around vsaid roll b, either in a straight or diagonal direction, which ribs are disagreeable to the horses lips and teeth, by presenting a somewhat sharp edge to the lips, and passing in between the teeth if'taken by them.

In con-sequence of the disagreeable character of this roll to a horses or animals mouth, he is prevented from sucking, biting, or eribbing the manger or feeding-trough, and thereby either wholly or partially cured of this habit, or prevented from acquiring it. v

It will` be evident that my improved roll might be cast with the manger, or `other article-to' be protected, and that the said roll may be either hollow or solid.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is` Y g The metallic roll for the edges of feeding-troughs or mangers, formed substantially as specied, for prevent-ing horses biting or cribbing, as set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my signature, this eleventh day of'May, 1868;

SAMUEL S. BENT.4

Witnesses: CnAs. H. SMITH, Gao. T.. PINGKNEY. 

